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Why does major league baseball want to hire more Asian and Latin players than African American players?
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This question makes little sense. First of all, there are way more black players than Asian players, so that assumption is just wrong. Second, "Want?" Baseball owners want to hire the best baseball PLAYERS based on talent, whatever their skin color is.
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